Several prophetic voices believe the nation shifted spiritually on October 21, 2016 on what may go down as one of the most important days in American history!

Largely unnoticed, 1,000 Native American Indian tribes from the United States and Canada collectively forgave the U.S. government for breaking treaties with their ancestors during a public ceremony on the National Mall.

Are you familiar with the concept of karma? You may recognize this term from eastern religions as the idea that good will be rewarded and evil punished. You may reject karma as not being of Christian origin, but do you hold to the same idea without the name? Do you think that sinners other than yourself are getting lenient terms from me? Consider those who worked all day in the vineyard. They thought the late-comers were paid too much. The elder brother resented the generosity of the father to the prodigal son. Come to me and rejoice in my grace poured out on others as much as on you and you shall be the children of your Father in heaven. 

Do you have a story of pain and bad treatment that you received at church? Do you know any believers who don’t? You understand that the search for a perfect church would be futile. They are all attended by fallible people. You are one of these yourself, and so you may have contributed to someone else’s church pain story even without knowing it. And yet I am still present in my church despite its imperfections, and I am at work in you to bring forth my likeness in you even through the trials and difficulties you face. Don’t focus on them or let them consume you. Look to me to give you the grace to look forward and move forward. 

Have you ever seen a messy desk? You wonder how anyone could find a particular item there. Computers do not lend themselves to such a disorganized approach. Every file must be assigned a location somewhere in the directory structure. Which approach do you use to classify people? There is a strong human bias to assign categories, and to classify the people you meet according to observable characteristics. This is called stereotyping and it is an ugly habit when applied to such characteristics as race. If you are open to see it you will find that people don’t fit easily into neat categories. It is better to take a messy desk approach to them rather than forcing a fit.